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Why Just One On-Camera Flash

Lesson 2 from: Lighting 101

SLR Lounge, Pye Jirsa

Why Just One On-Camera Flash

Lesson 2 from: Lighting 101

SLR Lounge, Pye Jirsa

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Lesson Info

2. Why Just One On-Camera Flash

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Chapter 1 Introduction

01:26
2

Why Just One On-Camera Flash

04:22
3

5 Reasons to Use Flash

10:37
4

Common Flash Myths

06:51
5

What Makes Flash Challenging?

04:56
6

Chapter 2 Introduction

01:36
7

Flash-Strobe vs. Ambient-Constant Light

08:19
8

Flash vs. Ambient Light Exposure

03:07
9

Flash vs. Ambient Demo

06:42
10

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Natural Effect

07:11
11

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Dramatic Effect

04:19
12

Flash and Ambient Balancing for Creative Effect

07:10
13

Understanding Flash Duration

08:37
14

Chapter 3 Introduction

01:34
15

5 Common Key Light Patterns

08:38
16

5 Common Key Light Patterns w/ Diffusion & Fill

07:42
17

5 Common Secondary Light Patterns

08:28
18

3 Primary Subject Patterns

05:27
19

Light Qualities

09:56
20

The Inverse Square Law

07:50
21

Inverse Square Law in Practice

08:21
22

Corrective White Balance

10:02
23

Creative White Balance

05:47
24

Chapter 4 Introduction

01:58
25

On Board vs. Hot Shoe Flash

05:57
26

Full Feature vs. Manual Flashes

08:59
27

TTL vs. Manual Control

08:12
28

TTL vs. Manual Recycle Times

04:43
29

Flash Power & Zoom

09:18
30

HHS vs. ND Filters

12:29
31

FCS vs. RCS

07:11
32

Chapter 5 Introduction

01:38
33

4 Tips When You Must Use Direct Flash

06:00
34

Bare Bulbing Done Right

11:42
35

Grid Snoot + Direct Flash

06:43
36

Mini Beauty + Direct Flash

06:08
37

Ring + Direct Flash

07:52
38

Understanding Modifiers

09:24
39

Direct Flash + Shutter Flash

09:07
40

Chapter 6 Introduction

01:55
41

Ambient vs. Direct Flash vs. Bounce Flash

14:27
42

Silver Bounce

14:27
43

More Light Silver

11:02
44

Soft White Bounce

15:41
45

Overhead Bounce

11:39
46

Overhead Bounce + Fill

09:42
47

Event Bounce

12:42
48

Chapter 7 Introduction

01:38
49

Natural vs. Dramatic Light

17:43
50

Filling and Refining Existing Light

08:44
51

Coloring Light for Corrective Effect

13:33
52

Coloring Light for Creative Effect

10:27
53

Chapter 8 Introduction

00:43
54

Case Study 1 - Dramatic Sunset

09:45
55

Case Study 2 - Desert Sunset

10:04
56

Case Study 3 - Sinister Headshot

09:40
57

Case Study 4 - Family Portrait

08:21
58

Case Study 5 - Athlete Portraits

11:19
59

Case Study 6 - Working Angles

07:22
60

Case Study 7 - Drag + Composite

08:09
61

Case Study 8 - Less is More

07:16
62

The Good Karma Jar

01:41
63

Favorite Feature Flashes

05:52
64

Favorite Manual Flashes

21:35
65

Favorite On Camera Flash Modifiers

21:21

Lesson Info

Why Just One On-Camera Flash

Okay, so let's start from the top. Why are we using just one on camera flash? How does that actually make sense when we're trying to learn lighting one? A one. Well, here's the thing. Is that a typical workshop approach that we have over here on the left? They usually start with expanding your gear. Okay, meeting that. Basically the base. This foundation is learning all of this different type of year that we have. We have on camera flash, we have off camera flash, radio triggers and cables and and all sorts of flash modifiers and so forth. And it's extremely difficult when you're just trying to learn lighting to have to learn all of this year all the same time. And it really will end up slowing you down because, well, you don't really know what does what as of yet. Then, from there they would go into saying you're in a refiner images. You're gonna put a key light here in a fill light. Here you go. And do this and companies amazing, fantastic commercial images. But here's the problem. A...

lot of these workshops start with, like, say, $10,000 worth of lighting year now, for most people, that is completely inaccessible just to start. Okay, Most of you are not going to go out and is by all this gear And if you do buy all that gear well, by the time you learn your style and you learn what type of photography you like to do, you're gonna end up with so much gear that you're not gonna use that it's really just a gigantic waste of time and money. So when it comes to refining remains, how would you do that? How would you start by learning all this gear and then trying to refine your images to look like these commercial images that these people are coming up with? It makes it inaccessible. Practicing the principles becomes a smaller part of these workshops. You basically watch what they're doing, and there's no way for you to get out there and to be actually doing it on your own. Because again, the products in the gear and everything that are using is not accessible to most people. And all through this they're trying to teach the foundation of lighting. But really, in the end, it becomes focused primarily on gear and the foundation of lighting ends up being this little tiny piece of the pie, which really it should be the opposite. So this is kind of our workshop approach were basically flipping it upside down. We want to start by learning the foundation of lighting, because once you've mastered lighting, understanding gear comes incredibly simply. I mean, it's basically learning smaller flashes and moving to bigger flashes and adding more modifiers and so forth. But knowing the foundation of lighting is is, well, the foundation. Once you get that part, everything else is going to come very naturally from there. We want you to practice the principles. Now, if I show you on camera Flash, and I saw you had to use a $20 reflector or whatever modifier to make an image that becomes very accessible. Most of you will already have this gear in your tool kit. You have an on camera flash. If you don't have the modifier. It's easy to spend 20 bucks to buy it, and you can go out in practice What we teach right away this makes things accessible. This makes it so you can go out and test these different lighting principles and see it in real life. And what this allows you to dio is to refine your imagery. The best way toe learn lighting is to get out there and practice guys. You can't learn it by simply following a workshop or reading a book. You have tow, watch these principles, watch the tutorials and then go out and do it on your own by using such simple gear and makes it easy to go out and do it and to refine your imagery. Now, once you've refined your imagery and you're coming out with great professional images and you're seeing the limitations on what you're able to do, that's when we would say to expand your gear. That's when we get in the lighting to one where we take that. The flash off the camera. We're getting lying We're using constant lights, large studio strobes and so forth. But at that point it becomes so simple because all you have to dio you already know the foundation of lighting. All you need to do is just learn one extra piece of year and how to modify it, and that's that simple. It's gonna follow all the same principles that we're covering inside this workshop. So we're gonna create fantastic images inside of lighting one a one, and we're gonna do it all with your on camera flash, which is gonna allow you all to focus on the actual lighting techniques that we're using, how to modify, how to shape, light and create amazing images, regardless of the gear that you have.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials with Purchase

Lighting 101 Slides

Ratings and Reviews

Sid
 

The best class for understanding light and lighting there is bar none. Pye is an excellent teacher and the quality of the material provides for a rich and very informative experience. Pye breaks down the fundamentals in easy to digest packets and then elaborates as needed. If there is one class that you watch this is it! Worth purchasing and saving for future use. I would also HIGHLY recommend downloading the saving the PDF of slides that accompany the videos. Again, and can't say it enough, this is THE BEST video to lighting on Creative Live. A must watch for the novice and the expert.

Petra
 

Great course, I highly recommend it if you want to become a more confident flash user. Pye is a wonderful instructor and just such a nice guy, it's a pleasure to listen to him

Simon Metselaar
 

This is the best thing that happened to me since I've been into photography. What a lifesaver. Unfortunately I already payed for some courses that are not Pye, but Pye just nails it. Amazing, and kind of a life hack. Thanks again :)

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